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Archbishop Chrysostomos, head of the Cypriot Orthodox Church, presents a lecture, "From Franny and Zooey to Freud: The Psychotherapeutic Application of the Teachings of the Desert Fathers, Hesychasm and Eastern Orthodox Mysticism,"

in his role as a visiting fellow of the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Bldg., Room 119, 10 First St. SE. Call 202-707-2692 to RSVP.